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Table 1 Hand hygiene compliance among health care professionals, before and after intervention, at University Hospital Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisia 2015–2016

From: Multimodal intervention program to improve hand hygiene compliance: effectiveness and challenges

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

p value

Subgroups

Compliance n (%)

CI95%

Compliance n (%)

CI95%

Overall

385 (32.1)

29.5 – 34.8

416 (39.4)

36.4–42.3

< 10−3

Professional category

 Nurses

269 (34.1)

30.8–37.5

355 (45.7)

42.2–49.3

< 10−3

 Physicians

99 (30.4)

25.7–36.0

52 (23.1)

17.8–29.2

0.06

 Housekeeping staff

17 (19.8)

12.3–29.1

9 (16.1)

8.1–27.4

0.57

Medical speciality

 Intensive Care

197 (41.4)

36.2–45.1

129 (48.9)

42.7–55.0

0.029

 Surgery

63 (20.9)

16.8–26.3

158 (34.6)

30.2–39.1

< 10−3

 Medicine

107 (29.3)

24.7–34.3

110 (36.2)

30.7–41.7

0.05

 Emergency

18 (36.0)

23.2–50.8

19 (59.4)

40.7–75.7

0.038

Department

 Nephrology

22 (31.4)

21.1–43.7

5 (9.6)

3.5–21.7

0.004

 Physical Medicine

15 (16.5)

9.8–26.0

10 (18.2)

9.5–31.3

0.79

 Urology

10 (24.4)

12.9–40.6

22 (24.4)

16.2–34.8

0.99

 Neurology

17 (37.0)

23.5–52.4

10 (31.3)

15.7–50.1

0.60

 General Surgery

13 (24.1)

13.9–37.9

21 (33.3)

22.2–46.4

0.27

 Cardiology

30 (35.3)

25.4–46.4

33 (35.1)

25.7–45.7

0.98

 Orthopedics

4 (7.0)

2.2–17.8

48 (37.8)

29.4–46.8

< 10−3

 Surgical Intensive Care

56 (35.7)

28.3–43.7

31 (37)

26.8–48.1

0.85

 Gastrology

24 (29.6)

20.2–40.9

13 (40.6)

24.2–59.2

0.26

 Neurosurgery

11 (26.8)

14.7–43.2

24 (45.3)

31.8–59.4

0.06

 Maxillofacial Surgery

2 (4.3)

0.7–15.7

28 (46.7)

33.8–59.9

< 10−3

 Internal Medicine

25 (36.8)

25.6–49.3

17 (51.5)

33.8–68.8

0.15

 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

28 (41.2)

29.5–53.7

34 (53.1)

40.3–65.5

0.17

 Medical Intensive Care

36 (38.7)

28.9–49.4

15 (50.0)

31.6–68.3

0.27

 Pediatrics

58 (47.2)

38.1–56.3

78 (63.0)

53.7–71.2

0.013

 Dental Medicine

16 (55.2)

35.9–72.3

8 (25.0)

12.1–43.7

0.016